tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19805669.post114676556212376548..comments2023-09-24T07:31:17.721-07:00Comments on Oakland Focus News | Oakland News Online Blog: Seven! Seven Robberies In One Week In Adams Point! - That's People Held Up At Gun-PointZenniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05815765335808809176noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19805669.post-1146786718798175572006-05-04T16:51:00.000-07:002006-05-04T16:51:00.000-07:00Actually, the unemployment problem in West Oakland...Actually, the unemployment problem in West Oakland's really not good and for Latinos and African Americans the rate is over 20 percent. So, the problem rests there. <BR/><BR/>The idea of going to get a job at OPD or over in Emeryville doesn't work for mathmatical reasons. There are more people who will take the jobs than jobs and the probability that each job calls for a basic set of requirements that people who don't live in West Oakland are more likely to surpass is over 60 percent. I know this from seven years of representing the City of Oakland as Economic Advisor. <BR/><BR/>So what we have is a terrible underemployment problem and since that statistic is not calculated -- though can be -- we have no numerically clear idea of how big the problem is.Zenniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05815765335808809176noreply@blogger.com